Audio news on the Google Assistant has started to roll out to a "limited number of people" in the U.S., with publishers from around the world who produce English-language content invited to sign up and submit feeds for inclusion.

Audio journalism requires new capabilities and workflows for both print publishers and broadcasters, whether it's adding a sound booth or segmenting larger broadcasts into shorter stories.

Google has announced a new update to the Assistant that will make it better at telling you the news you care about.

San Francisco: Google has partnered with some of the top news organisations and publishers to let people listen to curated, customised and long-form news stories via its Google Assistant-enabled smart home speakers.

However, there were some caveats to this - aside from your chosen station's political leaning, you couldn't really choose the exact kind of news you wanted to ingest on a daily basis, and you were also at the mercy of the station's schedule and ads.

The prototype is now open for news organisations that would like to participate.

What do you think of this new feature? After that, Assistant will select a few longer, more detailed stories. And if you don't like what's playing, you can always ask the Assistant to jump to the next story.

Mohammed Kaif was earlier named as the team's assistant coach while Ricky Ponting continues to be the head coach of the team. Coming to the core squad, they have retained Rishabh Pant, Prithvi Shaw, Chris Morris and also the Nepal Spinner.

Beyonce , 37, and her husband have been nominated for Best Urban Contemporary Album, Best Music Video, and Best R&B Performance. The " Panther " nomination would give Lamar a chance to win album of the year after losing three times.

Reed, safety blanket on and off the field, has taken extra steps to help Sanchez get comfortable in the offense. But they're still alive in the playoff race, trailing Dallas by one game in the NFC East.

David Mulroney, a former Canadian ambassador to China, said US and Canadian business executives could face reprisals in China. Although Meng and Huawei are not well-known in the USA , the executive and her company are extremely high profile in China .

The sweep of the protests and their wide support by citizens of all political stripes has shocked Macron's government. BFM said he was shot in the head with a rubber bullet but authorities did not confirm that.

The internal emails also detail discussions regarding the collection of call and text logs from Android users. Kramer has been in a legal battle with Facebook since 2015 over developer access to user data.

As for Harris, he insists he supports an investigation into voter fraud , but that it won't change the outcome. Wake County district attorney Lorrin Freeman told CNN on Wednesday that many appear to have been destroyed.

Some of the additional material surfaced as a result of The Australian newspaper's investigative podcast The Teacher's Pet . Mick Fuller, the New South Wales police commissioner, recently apologised for police failings on the case during the 1980s.

He heads into the game with an 82-9 record during his Ohio State tenure, including a ideal record over archrival MI . Meyer , who also won two national championships (2006 and 2008) at Florida, is in his 17th season as a head coach.

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